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American players in the Premier League. Have they escaped the past stereotypes about their style of play/ability to play football or does it still persist in the English game? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by KevTravels@alien.top to c/premierleague@soccer.forum

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Thierry Henry, Clint Dempsey and Charlie Davies discussing perception of American players in Europe

Read that a few years ago. Now, I've only been following football since '07 which is around the time time Dempsey made his move to Fulham. He was a thrill to watch and I'd reckon he def helped change some opinions around US players at the time with the likes of Pulisic or McKennie continuing to this day.

But just curious for a discussion, how prevalent are the stereotypes of US players today? Is it simply just banter or are there still managers who just don't rate US players all that much.

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[–] piccolos_arm@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I am a USSF coach- and I can firmly say how surprised I was to see the USSF revamp their youth ways - to emulate Europe.

We no longer focus on “do 29 laps and sprint everywhere”.. no more “boot it up field and hope”

It’s “how well can you manage the ball under pressure” .. “how well can you as a team technically play”..

There’s a huge change. It’s just began recently and hopefully in years to come it will produce talent.

[–] khoabear@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

May I ask how you got started as a USSF coach?